The 'This Time' singer said that she does not believe she would have achieved her current level of success had she stayed in the Fox competition any longer.

Toscano told The Huffington Post: "Honestly, I feel the only way I'd get to this outcome is if I had won the whole thing. Even if I went a week further, I don't think the reaction would've been the same. In a way, it's good it happened."

The 21-year-old also revealed that she struggled to deal with the pressure of being thought of as a "frontrunner" on American Idol every week.

Toscano recalled: "It was a little difficult for me. You know, with the first performance I tried to do so much. I had fears if I didn't do all I had to do, I'd get voted off.

"I tried to pull out every note and with the judges' [reactions], I was like, 'Oh gosh, where do I go from here?' I tried each week, but lived with fear. That's my only regret - caring so much, and not absorbing everything and living in the present."